Posts tagged with "KCBX Podcast"

World Bicycle Relief transforming lives

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Saving the world one bicycle at a time Culture Editor Tom Wilmer visits with Will King, Bicycle Design Engineer at SRAM’s San Luis Obispo, California R&D high-tech bicycle component facility (RockShox, Trucativ, Zipp, Quarq, etc.). King talks with Tom about SRAM’s involvement with World Bicycle Relief an international nonprofit organization that mobilizes people and transforms lives through The […]

Delectable dishes at Pietro's Trattoria in Lodi, California Photo Credit: Pietro's Trattoria

Pietro’s Trattoria a Lodi favorite

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360 Magazine Culture Editor Tom Wilmer reports from Lodi, California at Pietro’s Trattoria Pietro’s has been a favorite with Lodi, California locals since the Italian eatery for three decades. Family owned by Jim and Annette Murdaca, Wilmer stopped in for a visit with their son, Chef Pete who spent a year and a half learning the craft as […]

Skid Row Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Jimmy Cheng

Growth Industry: LA’s 60,000 homeless

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360 Magazine Culture Editor Tom Wilmer reports from Skid Row at the Cardinal Manning Center Los Angeles A tale of two cities—a far cry from the best of times for Los Angeles County’s 60,000 homeless       Skid Row in Los Angeles is home to more than 2,000 homeless who sleep on the streets, in doorways, […]

Carla Contreras, Deputy Director of Store Operations at Saint Vincent de Paul’s Thrift Store

Thrifting at Saint Vincent de Paul

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Culture Editor Tom Wilmer takes us on an insider’s tour of Saint Vincent de Paul’s trendy Thrift Store in the heart of downtown Los Angeles Saint Vincent de Paul’s downtown Los Angeles Thrift Store, the largest in Los Angeles County and one of the largest thrift stores in America, provides quality merchandise to those in need […]

From Super Model to Mobster’s Wife

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360 Culture Editor Tom Wilmer met up with Georgia Durante, the author of the best-selling book, The Company She Keeps–chronicling her amazing life journey from the most photographed woman in America to mobster’s wife to Hollywood stunt driver.   Georgia Durante grew up in Rochester, New York where her modeling career commenced when she was […]

National Civil Rights Museum

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Culture Editor Tom Wilmer reports from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee The Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 serves today as the powerful anchor of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Cick here to listen to the KCBX/NPR podcast with Culture Editor, Tom Wilmer and […]

Child star recalls filming “It’s a Wonderful Life”

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Culture Editor Tom Wilmer visits with child star in film classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” Back in 1946 six year-old Jimmy Hawkins played the role of Tommy in It’s a Wonderful Life. Decades later the film was voted the most inspirational movie of all time by the American Film Institute. When It’s a Wonderful Life […]